Calling all women for this life-changing energy healing and yoga retreat. Step out of your routine and everyday roles to dedicate time to YOU. Immerse yourself in this beautiful healing environment with nutritious food, daily yoga, energy healing workshops, meditation and deep awakening.

Healing is not a destination, it is a vibration and a state of living that is contagious and profound. Healing is not limited to being a remedy for when we are physically ill but energetic healing helps us recharge so that we may be of better service to our communities and the world. During the retreat you will connect with like-minded individuals and be provided with the opportunity for optimal growth and connectivity to your inner strength.

You will come away with practical and simple transformational tools to support and continue your growth and healing beyond the retreat.

We invite you to be apart of unleashing a wave of contagious healing energy within you and with the world.

Your guide:

Meet Allison Snowden:

Allison was born empathic intuitive and deeply attuned to environments, animals and to people’s vibrations. She naturally started channeling healing energy to her sister when she was in the hospital with cancer. In 1999, at 15 years old Allison was hit by a motorcycle while crossing the street in Mexico. She physically died, experienced her true identity as LOVE, and chose to come back to heal her traumatized body and life. It took two years of painful surgeries for all of her bones to heal. Her medical doctors proclaimed her a “living miracle” for surviving such a trauma. Although her fractured bones had healed, Allison was plagued by chronic physical pain, nightmares and emotional turmoil. Her medical doctors told her that she would be in chronic pain for the rest of her life. That was the start of her relentless personal and academic exploration of healing to find solutions to heal and UNITE her mind, body and soul. Allison transformed her trauma through energy healing, daily yoga, meditation, acupuncture, massage, diet and dedication to her spirituality and personal growth.

Allison is an acupuncture physician, herbalist, functional medicine practitioner, Reiki master and yoga teacher. She has studied with exceptional healers within the United States and internationally. She holds a Masters in Oriental Medicine from the prestigious Pacific College of Oriental Medicine and is currently working on her Doctorate. She has completed training through the Omega Institute, the Monroe Institute and the International Acupuncture Center in Beijing, China.

It is Allison’s mission to spread the vibration of unconditional LOVE that she experienced in her near-death experience. To share that every life MATTERS, LOVE is the only power, to give hope and inspiration that healing is our natural state and our birthright.

our flights to and from San Jose, Costa Rica (SJO).Please leave an hour and a half between your connections at SJO. For your travel, plan at least two hours between local air and international travel. Check in time is from 10am-4 p.m. at The Sanctuary.

IMPORTANT: There is a departure tax of approximately $28 at San Jose International Airport when you leave Costa Rica.

Your flight to and from Tambor Airport through Nature Air or Sansa.

We will arrange for your transportation to and from the Tambor Airport

What you need to bring:

Required

Flashlight or headlamp

River-walking shoes with good drainage (Teva, Solomon, Keene)

Flip flops, sandals or crocs for garden walking

Earth-friendly personal care products: soap, shampoo and conditioner

Refillable eco-water bottle (our tap water is right from the source and delicious)

Compact umbrella

Recommended

Journal

Swimsuit

Rash guard

Reading material

Yoga clothes

Camera

Earth-friendly sunscreen and bug repellent

Any vitamins, medications or first aid supplies you regularly use

Sarong

Sun hat

Sunglasses

Full Retreat Calendar

Lakshmi Rising is the place where sweat, tears, openness and fun meet softness, quiet, introspection and self love. Some practices are challenging, vigorous and will require self-discipline. Some practices are slow and juicy with therapeutic space for rest and relaxation. Benefits include grace, flexibility, strength, balance and well-being in the body and mind. You may also feel a sense of purpose, clarity, creativity, focus, connection, inner peace and confidence…

The intention here is to engage the THINK process of all involved. You are free to draw your own conclusions. As was the case last year, each participant is required to become a collaborator and co-creator of each and all segments of this Mela. In this sense, we require your full attention. The formal practices boil down to simply following along in a process and protocol explained at our initial meeting. Inside that form, we make it happen both individually and collectively. As in past years, I will be sharing my own meditation energy with all participants. Our work takes place during each segment of the event. This is the time in local space when vital concepts are put into procession.

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